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2. House of the Small Fountain - Wikipedia

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   The House of the Small Fountain (Casa della Fontana Piccola, VI.8.23), aka House of the Second Fountain or House of the Landscapes, [ 1 ] is located in the Roman city of Pompeii and, with the rest of Pompeii, was preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in or after October 79 CE. It is located on the Via di Mercurio, a street running north ...

3. House of Julia Felix - Wikipedia

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   House of Julia Felix. The House of Julia Felix, [1][2] also referred to as the praedia (Latin for an estate, or land) of Julia Felix, is a large Roman property on the Via dell'Abbondanza in the city of Pompeii. [3][4] It was originally the residence of Julia Felix, who converted portions of it to apartments available for rent and other parts ...

4. House of Menander - Wikipedia

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   The House of Menander (Italian: Casa del Menandro) [ 1 ] is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents, and covers a large area of about 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft) occupying most of its insula. [ 2 ] Its quality means the owner must have been an aristocrat involved ...

5. Riad (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Riad (architecture) A riad garden in the Bahia Palace of Marrakesh, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A riad or riyad (Arabic: رياض, romanized: riyāḍ) is a type of garden courtyard historically associated with house and palace architecture in the Maghreb and al-Andalus. [1][2][3][4] Its classic form is a rectangular garden ...

6. House of the Faun - Wikipedia

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   The bronze statue of a dancing faun (actually a satyr, since the lower body is that of a man) is what the House of the Faun is named after. In the centre of the atrium there is a white limestone impluvium, a basin for collecting water. The statue was found on October 26 of 1830 near one side of the impluvium and a small fountain in the center. [4]

7. Swan House (Atlanta) - Wikipedia

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   Swan House (Atlanta) The cascading fountain following the stairs down the back of the house. The Edward Inman "Swan" House is a mansion in Atlanta, Georgia. It was designed by Philip T. Shutze and built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman. The house is currently part of the Atlanta History Center, and it has been featured in The Hunger Games ...